Arizona Large Wildfire History
Since 1980, 506 wildfires of 1,000 acres or more have been mapped in Arizona, 8 of them above 100,000 acres. The largest burned 538,052 ac; together they cover about 5,344,634 ac.
Fires by decade
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Largest in Arizona
All mapped large fires
Fraguita2,400 ac
2017 · perimeter dated March 29, 2018
Flying R2,270 ac
2017 · perimeter dated March 29, 2018
Bear2,171 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 8, 2017
Mulberry1,750 ac
2017 · perimeter dated July 31, 2017
33 Springs1,703 ac
2017 · perimeter dated November 3, 2017
Maggie1,488 ac
2017 · perimeter dated July 1, 2017
Mink1,172 ac
2017 · perimeter dated March 29, 2018
Davis1,161 ac
2017 · perimeter dated July 18, 2017
Rucker1,130 ac
2017 · perimeter dated March 29, 2018
Cedar1,120 ac
2017 · perimeter dated July 15, 2017
Tweeds North1,065 ac
2017 · perimeter dated August 2, 2017
Paige Creek1,064 ac
2017 · perimeter dated March 29, 2018
Jack33,761 ac
2016 · perimeter dated June 14, 2016
Juniper30,644 ac
2016 · perimeter dated February 1, 2017
Brown15,408 ac
2016 · perimeter dated July 1, 2016
Brown Assist15,278 ac
2016 · perimeter dated July 28, 2016
Fuller14,999 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Mule Ridge8,522 ac
2016 · perimeter dated February 1, 2017
Baker Canyon7,945 ac
2016 · perimeter dated July 27, 2016
Mormon7,884 ac
2016 · perimeter dated June 3, 2016
Guadalupe Pass6,700 ac
2016 · perimeter dated February 1, 2017
Pivot Rock5,965 ac
2016 · perimeter dated May 24, 2016
Bert5,750 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 18, 2017
Cumero5,561 ac
2016 · perimeter dated May 28, 2016
Cumero5,555 ac
2016 · perimeter dated February 1, 2017
La Sierra5,000 ac
2016 · perimeter dated February 1, 2017
Guadalupe Pass4,965 ac
2016 · perimeter dated October 19, 2016
Black Peak4,644 ac
2016 · perimeter dated February 1, 2017
Tenderfoot4,120 ac
2016 · perimeter dated June 20, 2016
Pinchot3,865 ac
2016 · perimeter dated November 29, 2016
Fill3,246 ac
2016 · perimeter dated December 20, 2016
Fulton3,238 ac
2016 · perimeter dated February 1, 2017
Scott2,499 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 18, 2017
Coco2,426 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 18, 2017
Sam Jim2,359 ac
2016 · perimeter dated September 11, 2017
Topock2,228 ac
2016 · perimeter dated May 12, 2016
Topock2,228 ac
2016 · perimeter dated May 29, 2016
Cowboy2,137 ac
2016 · perimeter dated May 25, 2016
Elk1,887 ac
2016 · perimeter dated August 10, 2016
Baldwin1,726 ac
2016 · perimeter dated December 15, 2016
Source: National Interagency Fire Center, Interagency Fire Perimeter History. Only fires with a mapped perimeter of 1,000 acres or more appear; the state is inferred from the responsible unit code. A record of past fires is not a forecast. See About the Data.